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You Care. Do Something. We’ll Help. Upcoming Events and Opportunities You Care. Do Something. We’ll Help. Upcoming Events and Opportunities You care. Do something. We’ll help. Upcoming Events and Opportunities 2008 Chicago West Nile Virus Public Education and Community Outreach Campaign West Nile Virus infection (WNV) is an illness conveyed to humans primarily by mosquitoes. In most cases, people infected with WNV either show no symptoms or have very mild flu-like symptoms, called West Nile fever. WNV is an urgent issue that needs to be taken seriously . . . → Read More: Spread the word about West Nile Virus Department of Environment News and Opportunities – June 2008 Department of Environment News and Opportunities – May 2008 Smart Home Green + Wired How green is your workplace? The 2008 Bicycle Commuter Challenge is now open to all companies who want to compete to be the most environmentally friendly company in Chicagoland. Sign up now at www.biketraffic.org/commuterchallenge. Companies competing in the Bicycle Commuter Challenge strive to earn the highest percentage of employees biking for part or all of their . . . → Read More: Join the 2008 Bicycle Commuter Challenge, June 7-13 Call for volunteers Events and opportunities Resource Center Fundraiser The Resource Center is . . . → Read More: C3 Events and Opportunities – March 2008 From our friends at the Southeast Environmental Task Force: Recycling: Why? and How? Join us for our first monthly Environmental Workshop! Illinois Rain Garden Initiative Ross Peterson, Vice President of the Jackson Park Advisory Council is looking for natural area restoration volunteers for Jackson Park, Humboldt Park and other areas of the Chicago Park District. As part of this recruitment, he is asking volunteers to think about attending the Herbicide Training and Testing Workshop at the Brookfield Zoo on January 19th. . . . → Read More: Natural Area Restoration Volunteer From our friends at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: Climate Change in Illinois The heat is on! Climate change will continue to be a major concern in 2008. Alliance for the Great Lakes is hiring. See below for two available positions: September Adopt-a-Beach Assistant and Summer Intern. September Adopt-a-Beach Assistant (2008) Job Description Primary responsibility is to support the Outreach Coordinator in preparation of the annual beach cleanup event, September Adopt-a-Beach on Saturday, September 20, 2008 from 9 am – 12 noon. This is . . . → Read More: Positions available: Alliance for the Great Lakes The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to hear from you to limit U.S. Steel’s discharge to Lake Michigan! Action Needed Now: · Attend EPA public hearing Dec. 11 or submit written comments The U.S. EPA has scheduled a public hearing on Dec. 11 in Gary, Ind. to invite comments on a draft water pollution discharge permit for . . . → Read More: Limit U.S. Steel’s discharge to Lake Michigan! Dear C3 alumni, I hope you are all having good luck with your projects. I’ve been working with the Bureau of Forestry, Chicago Park District, Wrightwood Neighbors, C3, and Scott Waguespack – 32nd ward Alderman on enhancing the current Christmas tree mulching program. This year’s tree mulching event takes place January 12, 2008 from 8:45am to . . . → Read More: Volunteer for Christmas tree mulching project 1/12/08 Here’s a great way to help the River from home – add a rain barrel to your house. Rain barrels help you conserve water, reduce the amount of water going directly to the sewer system and provide water for your garden. Friends of the Chicago River board member Grant Crowley has a great offer . . . → Read More: Make Your Own Rainbarrel — FREE BARRELS Friends of the Chicago River is launching our Clean Water Campaign to build community support for public investment in cleaning up the Chicago River. Friends’ staff will be making presentations to local officials and community groups distributing the Clean Water Principles for individuals and groups to endorse. As part of this effort, we have . . . → Read More: Clean Water Campaign Blog Join Faith in Place and Interfaith Worker Justice for a co-sponsored workshop on building or remodeling as a congregation. The workshop on Sunday, November 12 will cover topics including: Green building for congregations Register by . . . → Read More: Contracting in Good Faith This post initiates a new category, Green Business. I’d like to start posting not only the names of businesses we think are run in environmentally friendly ways, but also what it is that they are doing that we think is so friendly. We need to define the category, not just fill it up! So . . . → Read More: The Bleeding Heart Bakery Well, it seems the blog is already working. Melissa Haeffner of the I-GO car-sharing program googled C3, found the blog, and we’ve had quite a conversation by email. She answered a lot of my questions about how the program works, what it costs, and how the “community” of I-GO car-sharers is all about — . . . → Read More: I-GO Car Sharing Program |
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